| abstract | - Numbuh 2’s mother is expecting a visit from her boss for dinner, hoping to make a good impression and achieve a much-desired raise. The guests arrive being Numbuh 3’s family, including her and her sister Mushi. Betty Gilligan nervously greets them and Hoagie’s grandmother appears (who will be joining them because she refuses to leave). Tommy is also called down to eat and Kuki shows off her new Posh-Party Rainbow Monkey “with real care and share sighing." The guests take their seats at the table and a squabble takes place over the doll: Kuki needing it for the “headache” given to her by Grandma Lydia, Mushi eager for a turn but content to wait, Mr. Sanban aggravated at the “argument” the girls have over their toys, Mrs. Sanban lamenting her lack of toys in childhood, and Tommy annoying his grandmother with his “The Tommy” act. Electricity problems cause the lights to flicker until a sudden power outage occurs during which Kuki screams. The lights return and Kuki can no longer find her doll. Betty offers her some turkey and they find the “dead” body of her toy on the platter with a fork in its back. Hoagie puts the house on lockdown and demands they investigate the case of “Rainbow Monkey murder”. Falling back to his detective persona from Operation: P.I.N.K.-E.Y.E., he begins by questioning Tommy who cracks under the pressure and admits he took the opportunity of the lights being off to steal a few snacks from Hoagie’s room because he was “hungry and thirsty!” He next turns to his mother who complained about how the toy was ruining her dinner party, causing her to stutter. He points a finger at his grandmother who admits to being old and mean and would have gladly stabbed the toy if it weren’t for her many ailments. Mr. Sanban is also accused of the crime because removing the toy would stop his children’s “bickering”. He immediately breaks into tears about only wanting his babies to be nice to each other, making Hoagie feel bad and telling him it’s all right. Mrs. Sanban is accused because of her jealousy for the toys her children have that she didn’t; while she does reveal her jealousy and aggravation for never being offered a turn at the doll, she declares herself incapable of the murder because she was powdering her nose. Hoagie agrees that it wasn’t her and finally declares the real culprit: Mushi. He explains the motivation to be that she couldn’t wait for her turn with the Rainbow Monkey and stole it as the lights went out. But when the sighing action was activated, she silenced it with a fork in the back, then hid it under the dish. Mushi denies the claims but when Numbuh 2 asks her to “share [her] fork with [him]” it’s discovered missing. Mushi admits to having done it because Kuki’s hogging of the doll drove her nuts. She had no desire to share the doll, revealing her more evil side that was hinted at in Operation: S.P.A.C.E. as she wanted full possession of it. Her father takes her away while she calls out her demands for a lawyer, a long grounding promised for her. Mrs. Sanban thanks them for a most “interesting evening” and suggests they head out for pizza instead. She gives Betty the job she wanted and inquires if Hoagie can find the missing turkey dinner. He declares that finding the person who ate “a lemon-basted turkey with cranberry stuffing” wouldn’t be easy, but Mrs. Sanban calls him out for knowing the stuffing when his mother never mentioned it. With the truth revealed, his grandmother beats him with her cane for having eaten her dinner. In the end credits, Grandma Lydia is seen muttering to herself as she looks for something else to eat in the fridge.
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